Small Low-cost Fish: From Bait to Plate

Small and low-cost fish, like sardines and mackerel, are recognized as being rich in micronutrients. They play an important role in preventing malnutrition of poor and undernourished people in developing

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In the news: Dried fish added to Odisha Supplementary Nutrition Program

The government of Odisha State, India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WorldFish for a pilot program that will include dried fish in a supplementary nutrition program for

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DFM Newsletter

Reports on our recent webinars, dried fish industry of Malvan, Karnataka research, and more! Please follow the link below to download a copy of our most recent newsletter. This edition

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Dried Fish in a Covid-19 world

Derek Johnson, Shakuntala Thilsted, Ben Belton The Covid-19 pandemic illustrates powerfully and directly the degree to which globalization has created a world of interconnection. We are all struggling with the

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Report on the dried fish and fishmeal industry in Malvan, Maharashtra, India.

The Dakshin Foundation and the Dried Fish Matters (DFM) project jointly conducted a pilot study on the dried fish sector at Malvan, Maharashtra, to assess the structure, supply chain and

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Extensions of the Scoping Research in India

Research in India has been extended to four new states. Dr. Amalendu Jyothishi, Dr. Priya Gupta, and Dr. Ramachandran Bhatta will lead scoping research in Karnataka. Mr. Ramachandrudu Barigela will

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DFM Scoping Research in Cambodia

DFM Cambodia is the first team to have completed its scoping research. The Cambodia scoping research concluded with a stakeholder workshop attended by more than fifty participants, including numerous dried

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India Team Scoping Training Workshop

More than 20 participants from all three Indian research teams attended a scoping training workshop at the Hotel Daspalla Executive Court in Visakhaptatnam from December 9-11, 2019. The meeting was

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Scoping the social economy of dried fish in South and South-East Asia

This past quarter we marked the beginning of the Dried Fish Matters (DFM) Scoping Research phase, with a four-day workshop in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh held from February 20 to 25.

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Dried Fish Matters

For many of the most vulnerable peoples of the South and Southeast Asia region, dried fish is of vital nutritional, economic, social, and cultural importance. Despite this, the diverse and

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